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. >> you know, i think -- i think john boehner said and i think most of the american people will see that this is very much in line with what the republican party has proposed for the past many years. >> well, this is it, about 21 pages calls to make president obama's health care reform, the t.a.r.p. bailout, limiting support of fannie mae and freddie mac, spend more on missile defense. the proposal for cutting government spending and closing the budget deficit that have drawn the most fire from democrats and some conservatives saying the specifics aren't there and the numbers don't add up. let's talk about it now with paul begala, erick erickson and j.d. hayworth. erick, i read what you wrote about this. i think you said it was the worst thing to come out of washington since george mcclellan. you called it dreck. >> pretty much. >> what's the problem with it? >> it's ridiculous. for starters, the very first page, it decries the self-appointed elite, the ruling class imposing mandates on american citizens and businesses. flip over a few pages and it imposes mandates on businesses rel
. >> you know, i think -- i think john boehner said and i think most of the american people will see that this is very much in line with what the republican party has proposed for the past many years. >> well, this is it, about 21 pages calls to make president obama's health care reform, the t.a.r.p. bailout, limiting support of fannie mae and freddie mac, spend more on missile defense. the proposal for cutting government spending and closing the budget deficit that have drawn the...
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. >> we are still in this wrestling match with john boehner and mcconnell about the last two%-3%. >> the tax hike this administration is proposing would apply to have of all small business income in this country. >> the nonpartisan congressional budget office says if the bush tax cuts are extended, economic growth could nearly double in the next year. >>> as bp continues drilling a relief well in the gulf, for a disturbing discovery under water. researchers found new patches of oral at the bottom of the sea. some of the patches are two inches thick. scientists are testing to see if it's from the oil well that ruptured six months ago. pacific gas and electric in california setting up a $100 million refund for people affected by last week's natural gas explosion near san francisco. residents could get up to $50,000 per gosnold until they get back on their feet. 50 homes were destroyed and four people were killed. >>> in cottle, 47 identify the causes of the dadullah major wildfires. -- in colorado, officials have identified the cause of two major wildfires. embers in a fire pit caused
. >> we are still in this wrestling match with john boehner and mcconnell about the last two%-3%. >> the tax hike this administration is proposing would apply to have of all small business income in this country. >> the nonpartisan congressional budget office says if the bush tax cuts are extended, economic growth could nearly double in the next year. >>> as bp continues drilling a relief well in the gulf, for a disturbing discovery under water. researchers found new...
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at led john boehner to say he may support the president's plan if that's the only option. >>> all options on the table including finding a new location. his group is looking for a solution still. he says he thinks it is disingenuous to call the block in question hallowed ground because it's filled with sprip clubs and betting parlors. 63% think it would be inappropriate. >>>ferl investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a natural gas pipeline to explode last week in san bruno. four people were killed in the blast and clos to 40 homes destroyed. nbc's leanne gregg has more on the investigation. >> reporter: gas station security video of an bruno. from the air, a view of what's left. >> this has been a tremendous disaster, and we want the people to know we're doing everything we can. >> reporter: pacific gas and electric started inspecting all natural gas lines as ordered by state regulators. but there's concern about aging pipelines beyond california. >> in many local communities, because of a lack of local rules and regulations neighborods have grown and sprawled over these
at led john boehner to say he may support the president's plan if that's the only option. >>> all options on the table including finding a new location. his group is looking for a solution still. he says he thinks it is disingenuous to call the block in question hallowed ground because it's filled with sprip clubs and betting parlors. 63% think it would be inappropriate. >>>ferl investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a natural gas pipeline to explode last...
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boehner that drew 39 democrats to his side. in the end, they agreed to adjourn without dealing with taxes by just one vote. but there was a flurry of activity before the house adjourned. they did approve several bills, including a stopp spending measure so the government can continue to function for another two months. the fiscal year ends tomorrow. they also approved a nasa bill that deals with the future of that program, extends both the space shuttle and the space station programs and ends the bush era program that would have landed astronauts on the moon once again. finally, a 9/11 program was extended, as well, in fact, approved to provide health coverage for emergency workers who worked at ground zero. so a lot of work done. now they head home, veronica, to an angry electorate. >> tracie potts, thank you so much. >>> meg whitman is facing a political firestorm after allegations that she knowingly employed an illegal immigrant. during a news conference yesterday, it was said the candidate was alerted about her status in 20
boehner that drew 39 democrats to his side. in the end, they agreed to adjourn without dealing with taxes by just one vote. but there was a flurry of activity before the house adjourned. they did approve several bills, including a stopp spending measure so the government can continue to function for another two months. the fiscal year ends tomorrow. they also approved a nasa bill that deals with the future of that program, extends both the space shuttle and the space station programs and ends...
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john boehner voted for that. when you look at stores that are filled with products made in china, you have to understand that the republican party has continually voted to shut our jobs out of the country, with the support of the democrats. i am in the constitution party. i think we need to see through this fraud. i am running for congress. the people need to see that bankers control washington. host: the associated press -- the associated press is reporting that the info report by bp is spreading the blame for the gulf of mexico oil spill. the report, which is posted on bp's website lists a complex series of failures. host: one last call. henry, on the republican line. good morning. you need to turn the television down. caller: ok. caller: can you hear me? the point is i am 92 years old. i well understand where we are at. i apologize, i am sorry about that. we are going to have to mold on. when you call into this program, in need to turn your television down. we appreciate all of the phone calls. that does it fo
john boehner voted for that. when you look at stores that are filled with products made in china, you have to understand that the republican party has continually voted to shut our jobs out of the country, with the support of the democrats. i am in the constitution party. i think we need to see through this fraud. i am running for congress. the people need to see that bankers control washington. host: the associated press -- the associated press is reporting that the info report by bp is...
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>> i think john boehner is a guy who came to washington for the right reasons. he's a small business person. as kevin was just saying, as we all know, we need small businessmen at that time right now to come to play here in washington. the challenge i think for all of us, if we want to make the real difference in this country, is we're going to have to reject the entitlement mentality. we're almost a victim of our own success in this country. more and more people are basically taking more from the government than they're paying in. >> is john boehner willing to fight that fight? >> yes, he is. he has worked with us in trying to go out across this country and recruit candidates who again, as we've all said, don't want to come to washington necessarily to go bring back some pork to their districts. they want to come to washington to try to create, once again, the opportunity this country has offered so many for decades and generations. >> -- shut down the bank. remember, that was john boehner that came in with a gang of seven to shut the bank down. >> that was bac
>> i think john boehner is a guy who came to washington for the right reasons. he's a small business person. as kevin was just saying, as we all know, we need small businessmen at that time right now to come to play here in washington. the challenge i think for all of us, if we want to make the real difference in this country, is we're going to have to reject the entitlement mentality. we're almost a victim of our own success in this country. more and more people are basically taking more...
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boehner calls the inability of democrats to act on the tax cuts inexcusable. >> if we leave here and adjourn for the election without preventing these tax increases on the american people, it will be the most irresponsible thing that i have seen since i've been in washington, d.c. and of a been here a while. >> reporter: even more tax talk on the sunday news shows. top white house advisor david axelrod saying the white house will figure out a way to get middle class tax cuts extenned after the mid-term elects despite stiff republican opposition and resistance from some democrats. in washington, julie kurtz, fox news. >>> here what is is actually at stake. the bush era tax cuts refer to a set of rollbacks that gave everybody a break. republicans want the entire thing extended. democrats want to nix the breaks for single people making more than $200,000 families earning more than $250,000 a year. the sticking point is that republicans want at least a floor debate on whether to extend the tax breaks to everybody. without that debate, they say they will block the proposal. >>> the u.s. s
boehner calls the inability of democrats to act on the tax cuts inexcusable. >> if we leave here and adjourn for the election without preventing these tax increases on the american people, it will be the most irresponsible thing that i have seen since i've been in washington, d.c. and of a been here a while. >> reporter: even more tax talk on the sunday news shows. top white house advisor david axelrod saying the white house will figure out a way to get middle class tax cuts...
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and obviously, the issue that continues to resinate is republican leader john boehner who had said that he would go along with extending the tax cuts for everyone except for the wealthiest earns, which, of course, is what president obama has gone for. but it's created a jumbled message among republicans. because look at what some other republicans are saying. you have mitch mcconnell who is saying, no, i'm pushing legislation to keep these tax cuts in place across the board. of course, republicans say if you increase taxes for those people making above $250,000 a year, you're going to be hitting small businesses, and they consider this a very winning issue for them. and then you have boehner's own deputy in the house, eric cantor supporting across the board tax cuts, as well. mike pence, the chairman of the republican conference in the house saying no tax increases on the wealthy. he's saying that the white house line on this is class warfare. what you're seeing is this republican conference that has enjoyed a lot of cohesion, they're kind of jumbled when it comes to this issue, jim. >>
and obviously, the issue that continues to resinate is republican leader john boehner who had said that he would go along with extending the tax cuts for everyone except for the wealthiest earns, which, of course, is what president obama has gone for. but it's created a jumbled message among republicans. because look at what some other republicans are saying. you have mitch mcconnell who is saying, no, i'm pushing legislation to keep these tax cuts in place across the board. of course,...
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take a look at this ad targeting republican john boehner, criticizing his stance on tax cuts. >> john boehner opposed funding for government jobs. jobs for teachers, for cops, for firefighters. boehner has a different plan. tax cuts for businesses. >> well, in other political news, we're waiting for a ruling from a denver john on whether tom tancredo's name will remain on ballot for the republican's name. the former republican congressman is running as the american constitution party. gubernatorial candidate. tancredo said his by laws trump state laws. he was not registered with them for at least 12 months. those are the things question thought you should know today. next up, crossing the line? you tell me. was starbucks trying to pull a fast one on customers? they are blogging about the new outdoormen you at some starbucks drive-thru. they advertise grande and vente. but they no longer mention the tall size couples still for sale. some bloggers believe starbucks is being sneaky nudging hurried drive-thru customers to spend more. starbucks spokeswoman said we have to make choices abou
take a look at this ad targeting republican john boehner, criticizing his stance on tax cuts. >> john boehner opposed funding for government jobs. jobs for teachers, for cops, for firefighters. boehner has a different plan. tax cuts for businesses. >> well, in other political news, we're waiting for a ruling from a denver john on whether tom tancredo's name will remain on ballot for the republican's name. the former republican congressman is running as the american constitution...
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minority leader john boehner must have been taken to the republican wood shed. no more talk of a tax cut compromise from him. they called the republicans out accusing them of holding the middle class hostage. >> right now, we could decide to extend tax relief for the middle class. right now, we could decide that every american household would receive a tax cut on the first $250,000 of their income. once again, the leaders across the aisle are saying no. they want to hold these middle-class tax cuts hostage until they get an additional tax cut for the wealthiest 2% of americans. >> this is who the republicans are and who they have been all along. it's about tax cuts for the middle class class. here is a nebraska senator mike johanns talking on c span about small business. >> small businesses need another loan like they need another kick in the pants. >>> only two republican senators voted to move forward on the business bill and both of them are retiring. i don't think the republicans want to do anything to help job creation in this country because a better econo
minority leader john boehner must have been taken to the republican wood shed. no more talk of a tax cut compromise from him. they called the republicans out accusing them of holding the middle class hostage. >> right now, we could decide to extend tax relief for the middle class. right now, we could decide that every american household would receive a tax cut on the first $250,000 of their income. once again, the leaders across the aisle are saying no. they want to hold these...
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. >> we are still in this wrestling match with john boehner and mitch mccon nell about the last 2 to 3% where, on average, we'd be giving them $100,000 for people making 1 million there's or more and we just can't afford it. >> reporter: the president told his smalled cbs he only wants -- his small audience that he only wants to extend the tax cuts for people making less than $250,000. >>> it is time for another "living $mart" report. jessica has a preview of the day ahead on wall street. good morning. >> good morning. of course we will look at whether or not we have been spending money. we are getting shopping data out today. >> i try. >> a little economic stimulus there. in the meantime, the september rally has legs. stocks are in the third week of gains on wall street. and checking the markets, the dow is at 10544 after rising 81 points yesterday. up in eight of the last nine trading sessions. the nasdaq surged 43%, almost a 2% gain and the s&p was up 12. the government on track for one of the largest budget deficits of all time. the gap came to $90 billion in august which puts th
. >> we are still in this wrestling match with john boehner and mitch mccon nell about the last 2 to 3% where, on average, we'd be giving them $100,000 for people making 1 million there's or more and we just can't afford it. >> reporter: the president told his smalled cbs he only wants -- his small audience that he only wants to extend the tax cuts for people making less than $250,000. >>> it is time for another "living $mart" report. jessica has a preview of the...
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boehner with a tea kettle. inside, the republicans presented their plan. >> our pledge to america is that the republicans stand ready to get it done and beginning today. >> reporter: it's an echo of newt gingrich's contract with america, unveiled on the capitol steps in september 1994, just before republicans won control of congress. the biggest difference? clothing. no ties this time around. and venue. a lumberyard, not the capitol steps. the republicans made a point of getting outside the capitol beltway, to unveil their new pledge. but they didn't get that far outside. in fact, the capitol building itself is just about 20 miles away in that direction. the agenda including a litany of things republicans have been talking about for a long time. from extending the bush tax cuts to repealing the health care law to slashing government spending, including the roughly $250 billion in unspent stimulus funds. >> government is out of control in washington. >> reporter: but this is hardly a tea party manifesto. the 45-
boehner with a tea kettle. inside, the republicans presented their plan. >> our pledge to america is that the republicans stand ready to get it done and beginning today. >> reporter: it's an echo of newt gingrich's contract with america, unveiled on the capitol steps in september 1994, just before republicans won control of congress. the biggest difference? clothing. no ties this time around. and venue. a lumberyard, not the capitol steps. the republicans made a point of getting...
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boehner says the democrats are doing the country a studies dust service by delaying a vote until after the november mid- term election. >>> coal companies are assessing the damage from an environmental protest at the world's largest coal port which is in australia. dozens of activists with the group rising tide entered the port and chained themselves to machinery forcing a shut down of operations for eight hours. the dispute over israeli settlements in the west bank could shut down the peace process. that story is coming up. plus, if it felt like we have the nation's worst weather this summer, some experts agree. >>> here's our resident expert howard bernstein. >> after the worst winter, the worst summer and now much- needed rain falling this morning. we will look at it on live doppler 9000 hd and let you know what the rain chances are for the rest of the week when 9 news now returns. [ music throughout ] [ male announcer ] looking for a complete picture of your money? meet pnc virtual wallet. it comes with a calendar that shows you all your finances at once. it lets you know when your
boehner says the democrats are doing the country a studies dust service by delaying a vote until after the november mid- term election. >>> coal companies are assessing the damage from an environmental protest at the world's largest coal port which is in australia. dozens of activists with the group rising tide entered the port and chained themselves to machinery forcing a shut down of operations for eight hours. the dispute over israeli settlements in the west bank could shut down the...
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you've heard the democrats, including president obama, go after leader boehner, john boehner, who incidentally has now walked back significantly his opening on sunday, saying he would possibly, if he were left with no other option, go along with the president's plan for tax cuts. he evidently taken to the woodshed, completely done a 180 on that one. >> john boehner is the head of the republicans in the house. who is there to take him to the woodshed? >> well, there's senate republicans who think he was off message. people within his own republican conference. those are the people that would and are likely to elect him speaker. should republicans realize this goal, this dream, if you will, of four years in the wilderness in the minority in the house of representatives. and believe when you're the minority in the house of representatives, you don't have much going on in your favor. >> well, still got to be embarrassing there, you're the minority leader and you get taken to the woodshed. mike viqueira, pointing that out today. >> okay, yeah. >>> good news on the job front. today the labor departm
you've heard the democrats, including president obama, go after leader boehner, john boehner, who incidentally has now walked back significantly his opening on sunday, saying he would possibly, if he were left with no other option, go along with the president's plan for tax cuts. he evidently taken to the woodshed, completely done a 180 on that one. >> john boehner is the head of the republicans in the house. who is there to take him to the woodshed? >> well, there's senate...
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john boehner and their croonies, they're pretty slick. let's see, they took off their coats and silk ties and even rolled up their sleeves just like you, the working vote. and they unveiled their 21-page plan at the tart lumber yard in ste sterling virginia, here's the tan man. >> the american people are speaking out like never before. they're concerned about the future of our nation and the future for their children. and they see a government in washington that isn't listening, doesn't get it, and frankly, the american people that washington really doesn't care. we're here today to put forth a new governing agenda built by a -- listening to the american people that offers a new way forward. >> did you hear him say the word "new"? all right, remember that. boehner's new way forward is a carbon copy of the bush policies that nearly crip held it country over the last decade. boehner and his krurp short on detail, high on rhetoric, and also pushing the idea that president obama has ruined this country in less than two years. well, here's sta
john boehner and their croonies, they're pretty slick. let's see, they took off their coats and silk ties and even rolled up their sleeves just like you, the working vote. and they unveiled their 21-page plan at the tart lumber yard in ste sterling virginia, here's the tan man. >> the american people are speaking out like never before. they're concerned about the future of our nation and the future for their children. and they see a government in washington that isn't listening, doesn't...
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that is wrong congressman john boehner. new york, good morning. you say you don't know who can fix the economy. why is that? caller: good morning. we have a problem that neither the congress, the senate, nor the media is addressing parrot keep in mind that the wealth of any nation -- it is addressing. keep in mind that the wealth of any nation looking the starkly, the wealth of any nation is its manufacturing for export. ack in the 1950's my dad was ack in the 1950's my dad was harvard educator, and he had friends over and were talking about what would happen if laws were changed to allow corporations to access all of that oversees labor, the cheap labor, which happens. the consensus in 1958 was that the economy would wind down as consumerism use of their disposable income, shifted their jobs from good paying jobs to medium paying jobs to what ever existed, and the corporations would continue to drain off the disposable income from the remaining people. he also predicted they would be bottling and selling water. in 1981, the laws were reviewed and
that is wrong congressman john boehner. new york, good morning. you say you don't know who can fix the economy. why is that? caller: good morning. we have a problem that neither the congress, the senate, nor the media is addressing parrot keep in mind that the wealth of any nation -- it is addressing. keep in mind that the wealth of any nation looking the starkly, the wealth of any nation is its manufacturing for export. ack in the 1950's my dad was ack in the 1950's my dad was harvard...
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you're going to have john boehner on the show today, a big get. what are you going to ask him? >> i'm going to ask him why it doesn't address ear marks and has no specific proposals for the entitlements where most of the pony is not a single proposal in the 45 pages about social security, medicare, medicaid, entitlements, part of the problem you can't get buy in by all of your members and while ear marks are unpopular with voters and boehner pushed through a one year moratorium on ear marks, there are a lot of republicans, techly some of the top appropriators if they get back in charge want to go back to ear marks. >> and chris, i'm curious, you know, when newt gingrich did this in 1994, it was so-- it was so ground breaking, it was so monumental. i remember that day of the announcement, how was the news of this pledge met in washington d.c.? >> it's not nearly as big a deal. you've got to remember when the democrats took-- or rather republicans took control of congress in 1994 was the first time in 50 years that republicans had had control of the house of representatives. it h
you're going to have john boehner on the show today, a big get. what are you going to ask him? >> i'm going to ask him why it doesn't address ear marks and has no specific proposals for the entitlements where most of the pony is not a single proposal in the 45 pages about social security, medicare, medicaid, entitlements, part of the problem you can't get buy in by all of your members and while ear marks are unpopular with voters and boehner pushed through a one year moratorium on ear...
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when you look at someone like nancy pelosi who republicans make out to be a boogie man, and john boehner who president obama has been attacking again and again, almost no one has an opinion on him. >> 4 a 5%. i believe. >> yes. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> it's 6:50. time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> adam caskey, let's get started with you and talk about how this day is shaping up. >> good news in terms of ending a little bit of the drought is we have rain showers moving in. it's not going to be enough to ease the drought conditions but where we need it the most is where we should be getting it. only up to about a quarter of an inch. but we do have partly cloudy conditions. you can notice the cloud cover over the metro area. that's one thing you'll notice. also we're a little bit warmer. dulles 62k. about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. >> here's our storm scan. in the upper left hand side of your screen. that will be responsible for most of the clouds and rain this afternoon but especially this evening and overnight tonight with a chance of a lingering
when you look at someone like nancy pelosi who republicans make out to be a boogie man, and john boehner who president obama has been attacking again and again, almost no one has an opinion on him. >> 4 a 5%. i believe. >> yes. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> it's 6:50. time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> adam caskey, let's get started with you and talk about how this day is shaping up. >> good news in terms of ending a...
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. >> reporter: republican leader john boehner and house gop members unveiled their pledge to america. a message they say will take to voters in november. >> washington has gotten in the way. >> the only thing the stimulus has stimulated is the national debt. >> reporter: the pledge spelled out 33 ideas, including repeeling the healthcare reform laws, raising federal -- and preventing federal funding for abortion, stopping guantanamo detainees from being brought into the u.s. and requiring all on capitol hill to explain their constitutionality. >> we're serious about implementing our pledge. >> reporter: unlike the 1994 contract with america, which was actual legislation, this pledge has no specific bill than its 45 pages contain 10 title sheets, 15 pages of pictures. the timing of the release of the pledge is no accident. the mid-term elections six weeks away, the gop is hoping that this will give the candidates something to run. republican congressman represents the district and said the pledge is a good start. >> you have to be very, very detailed and we have a lot of good ideas. >>
. >> reporter: republican leader john boehner and house gop members unveiled their pledge to america. a message they say will take to voters in november. >> washington has gotten in the way. >> the only thing the stimulus has stimulated is the national debt. >> reporter: the pledge spelled out 33 ideas, including repeeling the healthcare reform laws, raising federal -- and preventing federal funding for abortion, stopping guantanamo detainees from being brought into the...
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guest: john boehner was a business owner that created jobs. president obama never worked in the private sector. if you talk to business owners, the assault and increase in taxes and the big worry that taxes will increase even more. there's a perfect example of this in the "new york times," you have this story about the 1099 crisis that will require every small business owner and every expenditure over $600, they have to fill out a form. do you know how much that will take for people? >> obviously, we disagree. we've gone through a period of deregulation. what's happening. toys are coming in from china. there's a point we have to say wait a second. some regulation is right. we won't say go ahead. i think some regulation is right. the question is how much is too much and how much is enough. remember that this president came into the office. $750,000 jobs were being lost per month. we are not creating the number of jobs we want to be. we are back up to creating jobs month by month. you can't say it is not working. i think the president acknowledg
guest: john boehner was a business owner that created jobs. president obama never worked in the private sector. if you talk to business owners, the assault and increase in taxes and the big worry that taxes will increase even more. there's a perfect example of this in the "new york times," you have this story about the 1099 crisis that will require every small business owner and every expenditure over $600, they have to fill out a form. do you know how much that will take for people?...
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. >> we are still in this wrestling match with john boehner and mitch mcconnell about the last two to three percent where on average we'd be giving them $100,000 for people making a million dollars or more and we just can't afford it. >> reporter: if congress fails to pass any extension at all the tax cuts will run out for every taxpayer. >>> tonight you will get a second chance to learn more about phase two of metro's silver line project. last night was the first open house about the extension. it will go from wheely avenue to herndon to dulles and ashburn. the line is scheduled to open in six years. on the's meeting is at the loudoun heritage farm museum just off of the cascades parkway in sterling, virginia. >>> in sports, the nationals need just three more wins in order to not lose 100 games. they are struggling to get them. they struck out a career high 1 batters last night and the nationals bell fell to the braves the orioles snapped a losing streak against the blue jays. scott singled in the game winning run last night. baltimore topped toronto 4-3. >>> 65 degrees here in north
. >> we are still in this wrestling match with john boehner and mitch mcconnell about the last two to three percent where on average we'd be giving them $100,000 for people making a million dollars or more and we just can't afford it. >> reporter: if congress fails to pass any extension at all the tax cuts will run out for every taxpayer. >>> tonight you will get a second chance to learn more about phase two of metro's silver line project. last night was the first open...
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there john boehner and others will unveil their agenda ahead of the november mid-term elections. their focus is expected to stay on pocketbook issues, national security and reforming congress. not gae social issues such as gay marriage or abortion rights. the man expected to be the next mayor has a meeting today at noon. vincent gray will sit down and talk to rhee about her future with the city. 9 news now reporter kristin fisher is live with more on this important story. good morning, kristin. >> good morning. well, you know, what is going to happen to rhee? that's been the dominant question in the wake of last week's democratic primary and now we know we could get an answer by the end of the day at the earliest. vince gray and michelle rhee will be meeting and sitting down today inside of the wilson building and meeting to discuss rhee's future in a gray administration. now both sides have already indicated that rhee's future with gray is shaky at best. the day after the primary rhee called gray's victory devastating for dc's children and yesterday wtop is reporting that gray s
there john boehner and others will unveil their agenda ahead of the november mid-term elections. their focus is expected to stay on pocketbook issues, national security and reforming congress. not gae social issues such as gay marriage or abortion rights. the man expected to be the next mayor has a meeting today at noon. vincent gray will sit down and talk to rhee about her future with the city. 9 news now reporter kristin fisher is live with more on this important story. good morning, kristin....
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we'll have the house minority leader john boehner exclusively. he's the man who if the house goes back to the republicans will become the next speaker of the house and then we'll talk to maryland's own steny hoyer, the house majority leader who will do everything he can to keep boehner as far from the speaker's office as possible. boehner and hoyer exclusively on fox news sunday. >> who is your power play this week? >> you've never heard of this guy, but if people were growth stocks, i would invest in this guy. his name is knick ayers. he's 28 years -- nick ayers. he's 28 years old and he's the head of the republican governors association for the rnc and the dnc. this is the rga, the republican governors association. he is the political whiz kid in town. when you see him on fox news sunday, you'll understand why. >> chris, thank you for the preview. we will see you and the gang for fox news sunday at 9:00 here on fox 5. >>> coming up next a college thought it had booked one of the hottest new rappers around. turns out, though, it was a big fakeou
we'll have the house minority leader john boehner exclusively. he's the man who if the house goes back to the republicans will become the next speaker of the house and then we'll talk to maryland's own steny hoyer, the house majority leader who will do everything he can to keep boehner as far from the speaker's office as possible. boehner and hoyer exclusively on fox news sunday. >> who is your power play this week? >> you've never heard of this guy, but if people were growth...
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i think that's what john boehner was trying to say. and the republican position has always been and will be -- we don't believe there ought to be tax hikes. i think, meredith, you're right. that's going to be a critical issue in the next several weeks. >> the tax cuts have been in existence for quite a while, these tax cuts. if they were designed to stimulate the economy and create jobs, they didn't succeed. what's so good about them. >> meredith, first of all, half of all small business income will have a huge tax increase in january. 70% of our jobs come from small businesses. so the last thing you want to do in an economy like this with 89.6% unemployment is have a big tax increase in small business which is the engine of job creation in america. that's not good policy. the january tax increase followed up by another tax increase in 2013. we think the fiscal direction of this congress, this country is in the wrong way. it's part of the reason we wrote this book. we were in the majority last time, we didn't do things right. we need t
i think that's what john boehner was trying to say. and the republican position has always been and will be -- we don't believe there ought to be tax hikes. i think, meredith, you're right. that's going to be a critical issue in the next several weeks. >> the tax cuts have been in existence for quite a while, these tax cuts. if they were designed to stimulate the economy and create jobs, they didn't succeed. what's so good about them. >> meredith, first of all, half of all small...
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i think john boehner is distancing himself from this. one of the things about the new technology is of the people that are the hardest on their pledge or people within the conservative movement in their own party who felt it was -- they were quick on the web to express themselves and got a real dialogue going. i am not surprised to see he is backing away from it now. by the way, the notion that people need to know what the problems are -- i think the americans know what the problems are facing this country. they know what direction they want to go, and they do not want to go back. >> they seem to be blaming your guy for some of the problems. how bearish are you about this fall? >> i told the president a few weeks ago when we got briefed about what was happening in the economy that this was going to be a challenging election, that his numbers will not be the same now as they were two years ago. all of those folks that were heralded as smart guys would be called idiots by the time the next election it came around. was very predictable, but
i think john boehner is distancing himself from this. one of the things about the new technology is of the people that are the hardest on their pledge or people within the conservative movement in their own party who felt it was -- they were quick on the web to express themselves and got a real dialogue going. i am not surprised to see he is backing away from it now. by the way, the notion that people need to know what the problems are -- i think the americans know what the problems are facing...
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today, house republican leader john boehner insisted things won't get better under the president's policies. he said in a statement: mr. obama renewed his call for a small business tax cut, and he again blamed republicans in the senate for blocking it. >> woodruff: we have more on the jobs report coming up in an interview with white house economic advisor christina romer. that will be followed by a look at overworked and underpaid americans; the other power failure in iraq; shields and brooks; and a celebration of shrimp and oil in louisiana. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: wall street took some encouragement from the jobs numbers. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 127 points to close near 10,448. the nasdaq rose more than 33 points to close above 2,233. in all, the markets had their best week since july. the dow gained nearly 3%; the nasdaq rose more than 3.5%. hurricane earl lost a lot of its punch today as it churned north off the east coast. the storm's winds dropped to 80 miles an hour after swiping at the n
today, house republican leader john boehner insisted things won't get better under the president's policies. he said in a statement: mr. obama renewed his call for a small business tax cut, and he again blamed republicans in the senate for blocking it. >> woodruff: we have more on the jobs report coming up in an interview with white house economic advisor christina romer. that will be followed by a look at overworked and underpaid americans; the other power failure in iraq; shields and...
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previously, republican house leader john boehner had indicated he was willing to support extending the bush tax cuts for those earning under $200,000 a year, and not for the wealthiest americans. >> if the only option i have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, i'll vote for them. >> reporter: but other republicans remain in steadfast oppositions. >> now, they want to drive another nail in the coffin. a massive tax hike on the very people who will dig us out of this recession, by expanding their businesses and creating jobs. >> reporter: white house press secretary robert gibbs prodded republicans, taking to twitter saying, they were in disarray. why hold middle-class tax cuts hostage to these disagreements, gibbs tweeted. boehner tweeted back, republicans are unified. and to prove the point, kantor and other republicans retreated what boehner wrote. president obama said congress should focus on what they all agree on, tax cut extensions for the middle-class. >> we could get that done this week. >> reporter: but his more immediate hurdle would be convincing senate democrats. >>
previously, republican house leader john boehner had indicated he was willing to support extending the bush tax cuts for those earning under $200,000 a year, and not for the wealthiest americans. >> if the only option i have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, i'll vote for them. >> reporter: but other republicans remain in steadfast oppositions. >> now, they want to drive another nail in the coffin. a massive tax hike on the very people who will dig us out of this...
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first we'll be talking about john boehner, the house minority leader, if the republicans take back control he'll be the new speaker. and he will lay out the republican agenda and we'll ask him questions about what the pledge says and what it doesn't say and get reaction from the house majority leader, the democrat stan hoyer who will try hard to keep john boehner out of the speaker's office. >> how important was this move that the gop come up with a strong plan into the midterm elections? >> i think the fact of the pledge is more important than anything specific that's in the pledge. the democrats, the president were attacking the republicans as the party of no, the party of obstruction, that they're going to go back to the bush era. republicans say look we need an 80-20 formula. 80% needs to be opposing what obama and the democrat versus done, because they think that's unpopular with voters, but they say we need 20% which is an affirmative, positive agenda, what we're going to do. this fills in the hole for that 20%. >> and you want to talk about your power player of the week, executive d
first we'll be talking about john boehner, the house minority leader, if the republicans take back control he'll be the new speaker. and he will lay out the republican agenda and we'll ask him questions about what the pledge says and what it doesn't say and get reaction from the house majority leader, the democrat stan hoyer who will try hard to keep john boehner out of the speaker's office. >> how important was this move that the gop come up with a strong plan into the midterm elections?...
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mitch mcconnell and john boehner, are they going to be entering, assuming one or both of them gets the leadership role, what are they leading? they cannot cut a deal -- what you're saying here is that the rank and file, unlike 1994, might be more powerful than the leadership -- >> i think -- i completely agree. i think there is a shift in power. i was out in colorado this weekend on the senate race. it is pretty clear if you look at ken buck, sharron angle, if you look at rand paul, these folks do not believe they're being sent to washington to compromise with barack obama, particularly on the core issues of spending and taxes. and when you see the sentiment of the republican electorate behind that inclination and the elected officials, it does, i think, point toward a 2011 -- if republicans gain either chamber -- defined more by confrontation. but their own inclination, they're going ton torn, i think, as well, because they're fully aware of the sentiment. they understand if they're able to obtain the chamber, what brought them into power, and i think that mood is a real inhibitor on
mitch mcconnell and john boehner, are they going to be entering, assuming one or both of them gets the leadership role, what are they leading? they cannot cut a deal -- what you're saying here is that the rank and file, unlike 1994, might be more powerful than the leadership -- >> i think -- i completely agree. i think there is a shift in power. i was out in colorado this weekend on the senate race. it is pretty clear if you look at ken buck, sharron angle, if you look at rand paul, these...
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i watched a segment of her and john boehner, i think it was yesterday, john boehner came on first said nothing and then she came on explaining how they were going to continue to stay with the tax cuts, to not pass the tax cuts for the rich, which that got me confused for a while. but then she said that if the tax cuts were made for everybody, the rich would actually benefit 80% of it. so i'm saying to myself 80%, that would be more for them. it wouldn't help smaller people. anyway, to go on i'd like to say that republicans wanted to pass all the bush tax cuts and wait to change everything after the election. i said well, the thing is they want to kick something down the road again and not challenge the problems on hand. and i think that's the problem with a lot of things in washington. the republicans, they like to kick things down the road to the next election where they could actually try to benefit themselves. and i think people are just on to that. it's not working any more. people need to wake up and understand about what's going on and just realize that obama and them, they keep
i watched a segment of her and john boehner, i think it was yesterday, john boehner came on first said nothing and then she came on explaining how they were going to continue to stay with the tax cuts, to not pass the tax cuts for the rich, which that got me confused for a while. but then she said that if the tax cuts were made for everybody, the rich would actually benefit 80% of it. so i'm saying to myself 80%, that would be more for them. it wouldn't help smaller people. anyway, to go on i'd...
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that statement from john boehner. talk about that. joining us the congressman from maryland, representative chris van holland. he's the chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee. he's on your right. also joining us, the republican representative from california, kevin mccarthy serves as vice chairman of recruitment for the national republican congressional committee. thanks to both of you for coming in. chris van holland, i'll go to you first. is it irresponsible not to deal with these tax cuts for the middle class and everyone else before you leave to go out and campaign? >> no, it's irresponsible, wolf, is for the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, to say that he's going to hold middle class tax relief, relief for 98% of the american people hostage until he can get tax breaks for the top 2%. at the same time, that will add $700 billion to our deficit. it will slow down economic debt in the long term. and hurt job growth. that is what's irresponsible. we will pass middle class tax relief this year and
that statement from john boehner. talk about that. joining us the congressman from maryland, representative chris van holland. he's the chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee. he's on your right. also joining us, the republican representative from california, kevin mccarthy serves as vice chairman of recruitment for the national republican congressional committee. thanks to both of you for coming in. chris van holland, i'll go to you first. is it irresponsible not to deal...
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what do you think about the leadership or john boehner becoming speaker? caller: i think he will become a speaker. host: do you support that? caller: sometimes. i'm 50/50 on boehner. he is conservative, but he does have -- he ls his mouth get him in trouble. sometimes he doesn't think real clearly. i just believe that people should instead of counting on the government, if they want a hand to count on, it should be at the end of their own arm. host: let's talk about republican leadership. if republicans take control of the house, will we see a shakeup in the ranks? guest: you are going to see presumably if the republicans take control of the house, and boehner becomes speaker, cantor of virginia moves up to majority leader, then it's a battle for whip. kevin mccarthy could be interested. you could see someone like mike pence of indiana, who is the current house chair interested. you could see a number of people interested in that position. then it shuffles down from there, who takes on the position of national republican chair, there would be seats up for
what do you think about the leadership or john boehner becoming speaker? caller: i think he will become a speaker. host: do you support that? caller: sometimes. i'm 50/50 on boehner. he is conservative, but he does have -- he ls his mouth get him in trouble. sometimes he doesn't think real clearly. i just believe that people should instead of counting on the government, if they want a hand to count on, it should be at the end of their own arm. host: let's talk about republican leadership. if...
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"fox news sunday," chris wallace talks with john boehner, kevin mccarthy. as well as steny hoyer. "face the nation," bob schaffer of wellcome's marco rubio. and he will also welcome the colorado republican candidate for senate. at 3:30 p.m. they talk about the tax debate with dick durbin of illinois. as well as republican marsha blackburn. again, they begin airing at noon eastern with meet the press. 1:00, "this week." "fox news sunday clothes close at 2:00. "face the nation" at 3:00. "state of the union" at 4:00. listen to them on c-span radio or online at c-spanradio.org. >> this weekend on "book tv," theoretical physicist and author, michio kaku. join our 3 our conversation with your calls and could messages, on c-span 2's "book tv." >> you do not get to choose the moment when the opportunity to shape the country comes your way. all that you get to choose is what you do when your best. >> the british prime minister defends his decision to form a coalition government tonight at 9:00 on c-span. >> for all of the people in the book, there are many mistakes they might have made in
"fox news sunday," chris wallace talks with john boehner, kevin mccarthy. as well as steny hoyer. "face the nation," bob schaffer of wellcome's marco rubio. and he will also welcome the colorado republican candidate for senate. at 3:30 p.m. they talk about the tax debate with dick durbin of illinois. as well as republican marsha blackburn. again, they begin airing at noon eastern with meet the press. 1:00, "this week." "fox news sunday clothes close at 2:00....
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boehner across the country. so very interesting week and this is going only going to heat up now. only about seven weeks between now and the election. >> we'll see you on sunday morning. >> thank you, steve. >> you can watch on sunday morning being of. hard to talk about the weekend without talking about how great it will be for whatever you want to do. >> it is 70 now which is kind of like the warmest morning. >> absolutely right. the weekend will be great. we'll have very comfortable conditions p lots of sunshine, not bad at all. >> super. >> let's jump in. we'll start by talking about yesterday. we had much-need rainfall. -- we'll have very comfortable conditions, lots of sunshine, not bad at all. 3/100 of an inch. >> it was enough to be a nuisance. i needed an umbrella. >> i needed it yesterday afternoon. i was thinking the rain would come in the evening and it came in in the afternoon. so i'm sorry about that if you were caught without an umbrella. there were your other numbers. here is a look at the satell
boehner across the country. so very interesting week and this is going only going to heat up now. only about seven weeks between now and the election. >> we'll see you on sunday morning. >> thank you, steve. >> you can watch on sunday morning being of. hard to talk about the weekend without talking about how great it will be for whatever you want to do. >> it is 70 now which is kind of like the warmest morning. >> absolutely right. the weekend will be great. we'll...
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ask john boehner, ask mitch mcconnell. he excluded them from the process and at the end of the day he brings them in and he calls them out and he says, if they bring a knife to the fight, we will bring a gun, i will keep my boot on the approach of bp, this is a guy that calls bankers fat cat bankers. this is not a person who wants to get a long. -- along. we must fight back in like measure or week rolled over. host: we are talking to david limbaugh, author of a new book on the best-seller nonfiction list -- and in his book rights a dedication to his brother rush and his wife. caller: i would like to say that conservative patriotic people across this country, and that includes most of tea party activists, want to thank both you and your brother rush because you are definitely generals in this war, like you call it, on ideology of what is the best for this country. i want to tell you, particularly what you said about mr. obama, the first, according to everybody talking about black, he should be educating people on the benefi
ask john boehner, ask mitch mcconnell. he excluded them from the process and at the end of the day he brings them in and he calls them out and he says, if they bring a knife to the fight, we will bring a gun, i will keep my boot on the approach of bp, this is a guy that calls bankers fat cat bankers. this is not a person who wants to get a long. -- along. we must fight back in like measure or week rolled over. host: we are talking to david limbaugh, author of a new book on the best-seller...
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. >>> "usa today," fund-raising reports show that powerful interests are banking on republican john boehner to be the next speaker of the house. the ohio lawmaker collected more than $7 million for his campaign in leadership committees, more than that of speaker nancy pelosi. >> not over until it's over. jpmorgan chase, one of the nation's leading banks announced it will freeze foreclosures in about half of the country because of flawed paperwork, a move that wall street analysts will pressure the rest of the industry to follow suit. >> miami herald, cuba is expected to begin drilling offshore for oil next year, possibly within 50 miles of the florida keys. >> the "san francisco chronicle," a political bombshell or just manipulation? accusations that gop gubernatorial candidate meg whitman had an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper for nine years have all the elements of a late campaign october surprise. the charges sent whitman's campaign team into overdrive as it worked nonstop to limit political damage from the allegations. >> to your point earlier, is there any voter that care about th
. >>> "usa today," fund-raising reports show that powerful interests are banking on republican john boehner to be the next speaker of the house. the ohio lawmaker collected more than $7 million for his campaign in leadership committees, more than that of speaker nancy pelosi. >> not over until it's over. jpmorgan chase, one of the nation's leading banks announced it will freeze foreclosures in about half of the country because of flawed paperwork, a move that wall...
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and this weekend, john boehner was on fox news sunday and when he was asked about the pledge to america, the republicans laid out and pressed for solutions on social security, medicare, other big issues, boehner was basically saying, look, this is not about solutions. talking about the depth of the problem. hearing from democratic adviser, you're going to hear the president jumping all over that. >> let's talking about polls. when we -- before we were in a recession and the public was saying according to polling that we're in one thanks behaved like they were in a recession. they stopped spending. now we're apparently in a recession. new polling numbers suggest that a lot of people still think we're in a recession. 74% say we're still in a recession. 25% say no. is that negativity or affecting how the white house is making decisions? >> well, it's affecting how they're making it because, look, there may be negativity in there. the bottom line is that's what matters more. you know better than anyone, even if officially now we've been told by economists the recession over, it was over mon
and this weekend, john boehner was on fox news sunday and when he was asked about the pledge to america, the republicans laid out and pressed for solutions on social security, medicare, other big issues, boehner was basically saying, look, this is not about solutions. talking about the depth of the problem. hearing from democratic adviser, you're going to hear the president jumping all over that. >> let's talking about polls. when we -- before we were in a recession and the public was...
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just about a half hour ago, john boehner seized on the dink visions -- divisions among democrats. >> there are some that agree with republicans that raises taxes on anyone, especially small businesses, is the wrong thing to do in a struggling economy. >> reporter: right now, president obama just does not have the votes in congress to raise taxes for wealthy. if congress does nothing, taxes go up for everyone at the end of the year. reporting live -- reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the pope is beginning our controversial four-day trip to great britain. it's only the second papal visit to the u.k. in 500 years. pope benedict is in scotland where he's spending time with queen elizabeth, who is also the queen of england. earlier, he acknowledged to reporters that the necessary measures were not taken quick i. >> later today, the pope will hose a mass in glass could where susan boyle will sing. the pope returns to rome on sunday. >>> still ahead, we'll tell you where a 5-year-old san francisco girl was playing when she game when she became the
just about a half hour ago, john boehner seized on the dink visions -- divisions among democrats. >> there are some that agree with republicans that raises taxes on anyone, especially small businesses, is the wrong thing to do in a struggling economy. >> reporter: right now, president obama just does not have the votes in congress to raise taxes for wealthy. if congress does nothing, taxes go up for everyone at the end of the year. reporting live -- reporting live from washington,...
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john boehner said himself, we are going to be no different than we've been. >> it's interesting, though, they basically did a giant focus group online, what do you want us to be about? and that's what they wrote in this pledge. by and large what it seems to me is, it's about less government and less taxes. isn't that -- it seems to me, this atmosphere of this recession that doesn't go away, even though it's officially over. >> right. >> that seems to be something -- >> we were giggling about that in the makeup run. oh, the recession is over, yea! of course that's the republican philosophy and, yes, it is smaller government, lower taxes. there's more to it. i mean, in some ways like the contract with america, it has -- such simple points that you can't believe this isn't already the case. the contract with america, for example, had congress has to live under the laws it passes itself. this new pledge has congress gets three days to read a new bill. you have to fight the constitutional provision before passing a law. these are common-sense proposals. >> maria, let me ask you this, is the
john boehner said himself, we are going to be no different than we've been. >> it's interesting, though, they basically did a giant focus group online, what do you want us to be about? and that's what they wrote in this pledge. by and large what it seems to me is, it's about less government and less taxes. isn't that -- it seems to me, this atmosphere of this recession that doesn't go away, even though it's officially over. >> right. >> that seems to be something -- >>...
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i want to thank former speaker denney hastert and minority leader john boehner for appointing me to this critically important committee. i also want to take a minute to express my great appreciation to the most impressive staff i've ever served with. particularly jim lewis, our staff director. jim is clearly a true patriot in the service he's provided our country -- and the service he's provided for our country i'll carry throughout the rest of my life. i'm going to miss the committee but i'll never forget the opportunities of the last eight years. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. reyes: madam speaker, i now yield two minutes to the chairman of the tactical and technical subcommittee, the gentleman from maryland, mr. ruppersberger. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ruppersberger: thank you. as a member of the house intelligence committee and chairman of the technical tactical committee, i'm a proud representative of the natio
i want to thank former speaker denney hastert and minority leader john boehner for appointing me to this critically important committee. i also want to take a minute to express my great appreciation to the most impressive staff i've ever served with. particularly jim lewis, our staff director. jim is clearly a true patriot in the service he's provided our country -- and the service he's provided for our country i'll carry throughout the rest of my life. i'm going to miss the committee but i'll...